Phill318 Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Evening All! I attended RIAT last year and saw the incredible display from the Ukrainian Flankers. As soon as I saw the scheme I knew I had to do it. Luckily, Foxbat do decals and paint masks for the Ukrainian digital scheme. The Academy kit was used as the base and I added the Neomega cockpit, canopy from Yufei (haneto), Quickboost nose and traffic cones, Aires exhausts, DAN models FOD covers and the NorthStar Models towbar. I decided to do it as it was at RIAT 2017 with the famous blue cones. Overall, the Academy kit wasn't too bad, however with the amount of AM I had added, blending everything in took many attempts. The nose cone was too large for the kit and the canopy took lost of blending (I'm sure it was down to my poor cutting of the canopy and not the mould!) I aded the blind flying hood to the canopy from stretched sprue and tissue paper. The scheme was painted with the AKAN Ukrainian digital camo set, however I found most of the paints to be way too dark and had to be lightened extensively. In the end, the scheme was actually quite easy to paint after having a couple of arguments with the masks. The NorthStar models towbar was great and fell together. I think it's a nice addition to the scene. Here's a few photos. Hope you all like. DSC_0695 by Phillip Loughlin, on Flickr DSC_0668-Edit by Phillip Loughlin, on Flickr DSC_0667 by Phillip Loughlin, on Flickr DSC_0674 by Phillip Loughlin, on Flickr DSC_0676 by Phillip Loughlin, on Flickr DSC_0678 by Phillip Loughlin, on Flickr DSC_0683 by Phillip Loughlin, on Flickr DSC_0690 by Phillip Loughlin, on Flickr DSC_0671 by Phillip Loughlin, on Flickr 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 That looks fantastic! Love the avatar too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill318 Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 Thanks! Loving yours too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris148 Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Blimey,thats a bit lively,stunning work 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortyEighter Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Fantastic work🤗 I'm glad you liked the Foxbat masks - I've got them and this boxing to build sometime, the Flanker group build just fell at the wrong time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Good looking Flanker 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rui Silva Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Fantastic "Flanker", congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulsbrown Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 That is awesome. How did you find working with the Foxbat masks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Superb work, absolutely brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 That's an excellent looking Flanker, the attention to detail has really paid off, great work and a fantastic display piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Beautifully done! It really suits that scheme doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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